Location of π Piscis Austrini (circled) | |
| Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Piscis Austrinus |
| Right ascension | 23 03 29.81653 |
| Declination | −34° 44′ 57.8827″ |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 5.12 |
| Characteristics | |
| Spectral type | F1 V Fe-0.8 + F3 V |
| U−B color index | +0.00 |
| B−V color index | +0.29 |
| Astrometry | |
| Radial velocity (Rv) | −6.0±4.2 km/s |
| Proper motion (μ) | RA: +72.789 mas/yr Dec.: +83.569 mas/yr |
| Parallax (π) | 35.3691 ± 0.2124 mas |
| Distance | 92.2 ± 0.6 ly (28.3 ± 0.2 pc) |
| Absolute magnitude (MV) | +2.78 |
| Orbit | |
| Period (P) | 178.3177±0.0038 d |
| Semi-major axis (a) | ≥ 0.296 AU |
| Eccentricity (e) | 0.5286±0.0041 |
| Periastron epoch (T) | 2,435,319.73±0.25 |
| Argument of periastron (ω) (secondary) | 2.62±0.81° |
| Semi-amplitude (K1) (primary) | 21.28±0.16 km/s |
| Details | |
| A | |
| Mass | 1.51 M☉ |
| Radius | 1.64+0.11 −0.08 R☉ |
| Luminosity | 5.85±0.04 L☉ |
| Surface gravity (log g) | 4.30±0.14 cgs |
| Temperature | 7,003+195 −216 K |
| Metallicity | +0.12 dex |
| Age | 474 Myr |
| Other designations | |
| π PsA, CD−35° 15630, GC 32122, GJ 886.2, (Wo) 9807, HD 217792, HIP 113860, HR 8767, SAO 214275 | |
| Database references | |
| SIMBAD | data |
Pi Piscis Austrini, Latinized from π Piscis Austrini, is binary star system in the southern constellation of Piscis Austrinus, near the eastern constellation border with Sculptor. It has a yellow-white hue and is visible to the naked eye as a dim point of light with an apparent visual magnitude of 5.12. The system is located at a distance of 92 light-years from the Sun based on parallax. Its radial velocity is poorly constrained, but it appears to be drifting closer at a rate of around −6 km/s. Pi Piscis Austrini is moving through the galaxy at a velocity of 16.3 km/s relative to the Sun. Its projected galactic orbit carries it between 24,000 and 37,500 light-years from the center of the galaxy.
This is a single-lined spectroscopic binary system with an orbital period of 178.3 days and an eccentricity of 0.53. The primary component is an F-type main-sequence star with a stellar classification of F1 V Fe-0.8.
As of 2023, there appears to be no consensus in the astronomical literature about whether or not Pi Piscis Austrini is a variable star, and if it is variable, what type of variable star it is. In 1965 it was designated a classical Cepheid variable star with a visual (V) band brightness that varied by 0.3 magnitudes over a period of 7.975 days. The AAVSO's International Variable Star index lists it as a Gamma Doradus variable, with a V band magnitude range of 5.10 to 5.12. Axel Thomas, writing in the AAVSO's Journal, reports that the star appears to be a semiregular variable star, varying by 0.7 magnitudes in V band over a period of 8.625 days. Koen and Eyer examined the Hipparcos data for the star, and report it to be a microvariable with a period of 1.06039 days. On the other hand, the General Catalog of Variable Stars reports the star's brightness as constant, and in separate studies Michel Petit and E. Janot-Pacheco could not detect any change in brightness.
Pi Piscis Austrini displays an infrared excess, suggesting a circumstellar disk is orbiting at a radius of 23 AU with a mean temperature of 90 K. The cooler secondary companion has a class of F3 V. The system appears to be a source of X-ray emission.
References
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- ^ Janot-Pacheco, E. (August 1974). "On the cepheid nature of pi PsA". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 34: 325–326. Bibcode:1974A&A....34..325J.
- "pi PsA". The International Variable Star Index. AAVSO. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
- Thomas, Axel (June 1991). "Π PsA - Who Are You?". The Journal of the American Association of Variable Star Observers. 20 (1): 23–24. Bibcode:1991JAVSO..20...23T. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
- Koen, Chris; Eyer, Laurent (March 2002). "New periodic variables from the Hipparcos epoch photometry". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 331 (1): 45–59. arXiv:astro-ph/0112194. Bibcode:2002MNRAS.331...45K. doi:10.1046/j.1365-8711.2002.05150.x. S2CID 10505995.
- "pi. PsA". General Catalog of Variable Stars. Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Moscow University. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
- Petit, Michel (July 1972). "Pi PsA" (PDF). Information Bulletin on Variable Stars. 695 (2): 2. Bibcode:1972IBVS..695....2P. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
- Cotten, Tara H.; Song, Inseok (July 2016). "A Comprehensive Census of Nearby Infrared Excess Stars". The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 225 (1): 24. arXiv:1606.01134. Bibcode:2016ApJS..225...15C. doi:10.3847/0067-0049/225/1/15. S2CID 118438871. 15.
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External links
- Kaler, James B. (December 12, 2009). "Pi Piscis Austrini". STARS.
